AndyJ
@notinasilentway.bsky.social
IC No. 249, Music, Games and books. Ruled by a cat.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Phone says Hootenanny is late. We used to be a country.
January 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Phone says Hootenanny is late. We used to be a country.
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One of my favourite eps to do. For two reasons:
1) Walters and I have finally, after a 4 season battle, sorted out our numerous and maddening audio issues.
2) Finally the war has swung irreversibly in the favour of the allies.
Check it out, if you fancy.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
1) Walters and I have finally, after a 4 season battle, sorted out our numerous and maddening audio issues.
2) Finally the war has swung irreversibly in the favour of the allies.
Check it out, if you fancy.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
December 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
One of my favourite eps to do. For two reasons:
1) Walters and I have finally, after a 4 season battle, sorted out our numerous and maddening audio issues.
2) Finally the war has swung irreversibly in the favour of the allies.
Check it out, if you fancy.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
1) Walters and I have finally, after a 4 season battle, sorted out our numerous and maddening audio issues.
2) Finally the war has swung irreversibly in the favour of the allies.
Check it out, if you fancy.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
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🧵Teaching Students NOT to use AI
So...I've tried to explain to my students why they aren't allowed to use genAI in MY class (even though the university seems to be encouraging them to)
I've written this document to try to explain WHY it's a bad idea rather than just forbidden fruit.
#AI
#genAI
So...I've tried to explain to my students why they aren't allowed to use genAI in MY class (even though the university seems to be encouraging them to)
I've written this document to try to explain WHY it's a bad idea rather than just forbidden fruit.
#AI
#genAI
December 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
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Give me a follow on YouTube.
@bostonsmalls.bsky.social explains why we have property taxes, to a knucklehead. It’s long, but worth the watch
@meidastouch.com @sanders.senate.gov
youtu.be/uyYyudICQNk?...
@meidastouch.com @sanders.senate.gov
youtu.be/uyYyudICQNk?...
Property taxes
YouTube video by BostonSmalls
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December 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Give me a follow on YouTube.
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of "God's War". Still my most iconic)
(Here's the opening of "God's War". Still my most iconic)
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of "God's War". Still my most iconic)
(Here's the opening of "God's War". Still my most iconic)
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WIN a set of #Christmas cards
Repost and follow me to enter
I’ll pick a winner at 9pm tonight (Friday 7 Nov)
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I’ll pick a winner at 9pm tonight (Friday 7 Nov)
gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
WIN a set of #Christmas cards
Repost and follow me to enter
I’ll pick a winner at 9pm tonight (Friday 7 Nov)
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Repost and follow me to enter
I’ll pick a winner at 9pm tonight (Friday 7 Nov)
gailmyerscough.co.uk
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The ITV exposé on COVID now turns its sights on testing. I was stunned in 2020 when Sir Paul Nurse - Director of the Francis Crick Institute - told me he’d written to the government to offer the services of the Crick (the biggest biomeolecular lab in the country) - and never got a reply…
September 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The ITV exposé on COVID now turns its sights on testing. I was stunned in 2020 when Sir Paul Nurse - Director of the Francis Crick Institute - told me he’d written to the government to offer the services of the Crick (the biggest biomeolecular lab in the country) - and never got a reply…
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
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It's incredible how close the Red Arrows fly together, must take nerves of steel
September 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's incredible how close the Red Arrows fly together, must take nerves of steel
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Fun fact: if you look at historical geographic naming in Normandy, it's of Anglo-Scandinavian origin more than pure Scandi.
Norman lit liked to suggest pure Viking. Reality was that channel had ALWAYS been no barrier to immigration in either direction. The Normans were as "British" as the Saxons.
Norman lit liked to suggest pure Viking. Reality was that channel had ALWAYS been no barrier to immigration in either direction. The Normans were as "British" as the Saxons.
So much weird in here, but hard to disagree that the average Saxon would have recognised policies of sinking vessels you don't like the look of, and imprisoning people who look different.
September 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Fun fact: if you look at historical geographic naming in Normandy, it's of Anglo-Scandinavian origin more than pure Scandi.
Norman lit liked to suggest pure Viking. Reality was that channel had ALWAYS been no barrier to immigration in either direction. The Normans were as "British" as the Saxons.
Norman lit liked to suggest pure Viking. Reality was that channel had ALWAYS been no barrier to immigration in either direction. The Normans were as "British" as the Saxons.
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“Fellow hellraisers Coldplay” is a phrase no human would ever write.
September 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“Fellow hellraisers Coldplay” is a phrase no human would ever write.
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How to report on Nazis. And it's real, I checked thenightly.com.au/editions
The Aussie press not holding back when it comes to its coverage of neo-Nazis.
September 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
How to report on Nazis. And it's real, I checked thenightly.com.au/editions
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
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Instead of spending £20 on something that should be free, that you can barely taste and will soon piss out, why not buy a signed print from me? It'll last much longer and won't make you feel like a gullible tit every time you look at a tap in your house.
Meet the water sommeliers: they believe H₂O can rival wine – but would you pay £19 a bottle?
Meet the water sommeliers: they believe H₂O can rival wine – but would you pay £19 a bottle?
A restaurant in the English county of Cheshire has launched a water menu, as have a number of US establishments. Is it really possible, though, to tell one terroir from another?
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Instead of spending £20 on something that should be free, that you can barely taste and will soon piss out, why not buy a signed print from me? It'll last much longer and won't make you feel like a gullible tit every time you look at a tap in your house.
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Frankly, I don't what possessed me, but I decided to recreate 1970s cinema intermission screens as vector graphics with the rule that everything had to be 100% vector. No raster graphics, no photographs, no post-vector treatments.
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#graphics #vectorgraphics #cinema #1970s #illustration
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#graphics #vectorgraphics #cinema #1970s #illustration
August 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Frankly, I don't what possessed me, but I decided to recreate 1970s cinema intermission screens as vector graphics with the rule that everything had to be 100% vector. No raster graphics, no photographs, no post-vector treatments.
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#graphics #vectorgraphics #cinema #1970s #illustration
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#graphics #vectorgraphics #cinema #1970s #illustration
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The Bristol Area IC (The Beaufighters) will be Marching for Finley on Sunday 31 August. It will be a great day out and should you wish to support us raising money for this fine cause please follow the link. click.contact.justgiving.com?qs=da0ac57f3...
Bristol Area IC's fundraiser for Finley’s Touch
Help Bristol Area IC raise money to support Finley’s Touch
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August 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The Bristol Area IC (The Beaufighters) will be Marching for Finley on Sunday 31 August. It will be a great day out and should you wish to support us raising money for this fine cause please follow the link. click.contact.justgiving.com?qs=da0ac57f3...
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Okay. I've got admin bits to sort today. So to distract me while i wait on things to run at various points:
For every few likes this get, a fact about university websites and how gen z and below interact with information, as proven by testing/data.
(Most of which unis aren't handling well yet)
For every few likes this get, a fact about university websites and how gen z and below interact with information, as proven by testing/data.
(Most of which unis aren't handling well yet)
August 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Okay. I've got admin bits to sort today. So to distract me while i wait on things to run at various points:
For every few likes this get, a fact about university websites and how gen z and below interact with information, as proven by testing/data.
(Most of which unis aren't handling well yet)
For every few likes this get, a fact about university websites and how gen z and below interact with information, as proven by testing/data.
(Most of which unis aren't handling well yet)
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Which brings me nicely on to my next one:
When searching for a course - on the web, uni site or wherever - the ONLY terms they're using are:
1) Stuff they know from school
2) a career/cultural word related to life goals
BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONLY WORDS THEY KNOW.
When searching for a course - on the web, uni site or wherever - the ONLY terms they're using are:
1) Stuff they know from school
2) a career/cultural word related to life goals
BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONLY WORDS THEY KNOW.
You have absolutely no idea, mid A-level, what the titles of the 3rd-year options even mean, nor how the actual delivery of the preceding 2 years will have prepared you for them, nor how good the lecturers for each module are, nor how you yourself will have changed by then. Vibes is what you've got.
August 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Which brings me nicely on to my next one:
When searching for a course - on the web, uni site or wherever - the ONLY terms they're using are:
1) Stuff they know from school
2) a career/cultural word related to life goals
BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONLY WORDS THEY KNOW.
When searching for a course - on the web, uni site or wherever - the ONLY terms they're using are:
1) Stuff they know from school
2) a career/cultural word related to life goals
BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONLY WORDS THEY KNOW.
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Two movies that nobody would believe are by the same director.
August 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Two movies that nobody would believe are by the same director.
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I'll be there with @normagraham.bsky.social @marybrazier.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk @claremulley.bsky.social @spitfirefilly.bsky.social @alexchurchill.bsky.social @luketurner.bsky.social @waitmanwbeorn.com @nickleh.bsky.social @stubertphoto.bsky.social @almurray.bsky.social Wizard! #History #WW2
WHWF EVENTS TWO
Check out the events programme at We Have Ways Fest, the UK’s No.1, Second World War festival. Tanks, talks and tankards … experts, enthusiasts, authors, historians. WNTL?!
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August 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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*Knows nothing about comics* Okay so the premise is Superman is a normal person under a red sun, and under a yellow sun gains super powers. But this implies if we moved him further up the main sequence to be under a blue sun he will gain super-super powers and become Super-Super-Man—
July 16, 2025 at 4:23 AM
*Knows nothing about comics* Okay so the premise is Superman is a normal person under a red sun, and under a yellow sun gains super powers. But this implies if we moved him further up the main sequence to be under a blue sun he will gain super-super powers and become Super-Super-Man—